ISIJ International
Online ISSN : 1347-5460
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ISSN-L : 0915-1559
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Kinetic of Carbothermic Reduction of MnO from High-carbon Ferromanganese Slag by Graphite Materials
Jafar SafarianLeiv Kolbeinsen
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2008 Volume 48 Issue 4 Pages 395-404

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The kinetics of MnO reduction from a synthetic ferromanganese slag by different graphite materials was investigated using sessile drop wettability technique. It was found that the graphite substrates are not wetted by the slag drop at 1450°C, 1500°C and 1600°C. On the other hand, processing the photos taken during the reduction revealed that the contact angle between the graphite substrates and the slag drop is not changing appreciably during slag reduction, while the changes in the slag drop volume are more significant. A new method was developed and applied to convert the changes in the slag drop volume to the MnO concentration and therefore the MnO reduction curves for different graphite substrates were extracted. The relationship between the density of slag and its MnO content was also studied. A new kinetic interpretation method was developed and a main differential equation for carbothermic MnO reduction from a slag drop in sessile drop method was obtained. This method was used to calculate the MnO reduction rate constants for different graphite materials considering the changes in the slag/carbon contact area. Multivariate analysis was also used to determine the possible relationships between the graphite properties and the MnO reduction rate.

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